1450 Nakina Drive • P.O. Box 398 • Thunder Bay • Ontario • P7C 4W1 August 1, 2013 As part of our commitment to facilitate a review of our current location (Eva Lake) for Float Plane training, we had indicated that a formal Request for Proposal would be issued to interested parties. For [Read more]
CROSSOVER INSIDER : TYLER TALKS Very few brands have enjoyed the longevity and staying power as G.I. Joe. In 1964, Hasbro introduced a line of plastic toys that took the world by storm. Every household with children had G.I. Joes strewn across the floor while kids played and traded figures with [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – Tuesday July 23 2013, sometime before 9:00 am, an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) was westbound on Wabikoba Lake Road with a lone male occupant. The driver veered to avoid a falling tree and lost control of the ATV. The driver sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced deceased at [Read more]
TERRACE BAY, ON – The Township of Terrace Bay is always striving to provide as much entertainment to its residents, and visitors to the community, as possible. With this in mind, the township reached out to Canuck Amusements from Winnipeg late last year to see if they would be interested in [Read more]
Brunswick House First Nation man has been fined $1,500 for illegal hunting northwest of Chapleau, Ontario. Jonathan Tangie was convicted for unlawfully discharging his firearm in a travelled roadway while hunting moose in the Chapleau Crown Game Preserve. His hunting rifle was seized and will be [Read more]
SCHREIBER, ON – The Schreiber Public Library is keeping Heritage Days attendees very well entertained this week. Today, Wednesday July 17th the library held a Scavenger Hunt which had participants heading outside for their search. Everyone had a great time and plenty of laughs! [Read more]
Travelling to or visiting the city of Thunder Bay? Please note: The Health Unit has issued a swimming advisory for the following beach: Sunnyside Beach at Boulevard Lake Swimming advisories do not close the beach or stop people from swimming. They let swimmers know about the water conditions. [Read more]
NIPIGON, ON – July 9, 2013 at 12:10 p.m. members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Nipigon detachment received a call of a single motor vehicle collision on Highway 17, Township of Corrigal. The driver of an east bound motor vehicle, a Volvo automobile, lost control causing the vehicle [Read more]
TERRACE BAY, ON – July 16, 2013, shortly after 8:00 am, officers of the Schreiber Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Terrace Bay Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Terrace Bay Fire Department responded to a fatal motor vehicle collision involving one tractor trailer [Read more]
SUDBURY, ON – NDP MPP France Gélinas renewed New Democrats call for Ombudsman oversight after Andre Marin once again sounded alarm bells about his lack of power to respond to thousands of citizen complaints about hospitals, schools, universities and municipalities. “Yet again we see a [Read more]
MARATHON ON – Thursday July 11, 2013 officers from the Marathon detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received information that a quantity of illegal drugs was being brought into Marathon for distribution. At 8:20 pm OPP officers stopped a black Dodge Avenger on Peninsula Road in the [Read more]
Township of Manitouwadge Community Services DayCamp (Playground) is facilitated Supervisor Vanessa Ratte and Leaders; Elaine Milks and Alisha Piche – they are also the authors of the DayCamp Flashback which will be published each week until the end of the program. There was plenty of reason [Read more]
Last week writs were issued for five by-elections in the electoral districts of Etobicoke-Lakeshore, London West, Ottawa South, Windsor-Tecumseh and Scarborough-Guildwood. Premier Kathleen Wynne set the voting date for August 1st, the day before the long weekend. The timing of these elections [Read more]
The horrific train derailment in Lac Mégantic has shocked all of Canada and beyond as details and the reality of what that small town in Quebec has experienced sinks in. Shock is turning to profound sadness and many in Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing are reminded of the period that followed the [Read more]
START YOUR OWN BUSINESS AND BECOME A YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR IN MANITOUWADGE MANITOUWADGE, ON – Following the success of the 2012 BizKid$ program it is no surprise when Township of Manitouwadge Economic Development Assistant Karen Robinson shared information with local schools regarding the 2013 [Read more]
